After years of community organizing, Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and fracked gas pipeline project is dead Pembina announces it has “decided not to move forward with the project” and asks the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to cancel its permit… Read More ›
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Summit Midstream fined $35M for mammoth Bakken frackwater spill
North Dakota pipeline company to pay $35 million in criminal fines and civil penalties for largest-ever inland spill of produced water from oil drilling Pipeline rupture caused 29 million gallon spill over 143 days before discovery Williston, ND — On… Read More ›
Jordan Cove Project now just a faded memory
In the works for well over a decade the Jordan Cove Project, has been dealt a series of setbacks during the past year. The proposed pipeline would have spanned 229 miles through southwest Oregon, ending up at a proposed liquefied… Read More ›
Enbridge’s greenwashing will not stand
You can’t put a fire out and pour millions of barrels of tar sands on it at the same time By Tara Houska There are now more than 130 Water Protectors facing criminal charges for protecting the land from the… Read More ›
OR landowners ask court to cancel Jordan Cove approval
Impacted landowners request DC Circuit Court invalidate FERC’s approval of Jordan Cove Pipeline On Monday, the U.S. Department of Energy gave the green light for liquefied natural gas exports from the proposed Jordan Cove terminal in Coos Bay, Oregon. In… Read More ›
Groups challenge FERC’s Jordan Cove approval
Southern Oregon Advocates Challenge Federal Approval of Jordan Cove LNG Washington, DC — On Wednesday, southern Oregon organizations filed a lawsuit challenging Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) approval of the Jordan Cove LNG export terminal and Pacific Connector fracked gas… Read More ›
FERC denies all Jordan Cove rehearing requests
Jordan Cove LNG Rehearing Denied by Federal Agency, Southern Oregon Communities Prepare to Challenge Decision [Washington, D.C.] — Today, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced that it would deny all requests for rehearing for the Jordan Cove LNG export… Read More ›
Oregonians request rehearing on Jordan Cove
Oregonians unite to demand rehearing on Jordan Cove LNG federal approval The Klamath Tribes, affected landowners, and public interest organizations request rehearing on fracked gas export terminal and pipeline in southern Oregon Washington, DC — Today, the Klamath Tribes, impacted… Read More ›
FERC approves Jordan Cove with conditions
Despite Oregon permit denials and current public health crisis, FERC approves Jordan Cove LNG Washington, DC — In the midst of the global coronavirus pandemic and national health emergency, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) conditionally approved the Jordan Cove… Read More ›
Groups call for independent investigation into Firestone home explosion
Today more than a dozen groups representing citizens and the environment sent a letter to Governor Hickenlooper calling for an “independent committee to investigate the causes of that gas explosion and determine the risks of recurrence.” The letter, written by… Read More ›